June 9, 2023 - Day 160 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 177
Game: Grime
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Aug 2, 2021
Library Date: Jun 7, 2023
Unplayed: 2d (2d)
Playtime: 28m
Kids, it's time to charge up (or plug in) your controllers. Game number four from the June 2023 Humble Choice bundle is Grime.
Grime is a 2D soulsvania platformer. One of the things I've struggled with over the course of the last 5+ months is categorising games, and I've kind of given up doing it myself, and just Google it.
There are so many sub-genres, and games that are mashups of different things, that I just want to make sure I'm talking about the right thing.
After the intro & I was dropped into the game (and fired up my controller), I was struck at how much the game reminded me of Dead Souls 3.
Turns out Grime is considered a "soulsvania" in that it takes elements of souls-likes and uses them in the gameplay.
The actual game is a little hard to describe; there was also the sense of "I have no idea what's going on here" and so was exploring the chambers and tunnels.
The thing that'S surprised me was that I've gone from close to anti-platformer at the start of this project to -almost- enjoying them now.
On that basis, Grime is:
3: OK
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Rinse FM 
